re: #230 Mattand

Growing up Catholic, the amount of fear and guilt that is instilled in you is frightening. Love God or else. It’s like living in fear from a vengeful ex who can transmute the laws of the universe.

I worked with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life for a few years. It’s amazing how many people credit their survival to God and footnote the doctors and science that actually saved him.

Where the fuck was He when you got the cancer in the first place? Running scrimmage with Tim Tebow?

What’s really heartbreaking is the parents of kids with cancer. I can’t imagine the agony involved with watching your child suffer like that. If there was any sort of god watching over us, kids would not be dying of disease, starvation or abuse. Period.

Here we get into semantics again. G-d as a definition of the whole of creation—or god as a sky king.

1st definition would encompass the doctors and all who somehow came together to help cure disease. (I Pencil and all that). Some mythical being —Santa’s buddy—not so much, IMHO.